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APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING EGGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,074, dated January31, 1882,

Application tiled September 13, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KELLOGG H. LooMts, of New York, in the county of NewYork, and in the Sta-te of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Apparatus for Preserving Eggs, and I do herebydeclare that the following; is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specincation.

The nature of my invent-ion consists in the construction andarrangementof an apparatus for preserving eggs, and its object is toprovide an economical and practical machine for carrying out this end.

It consists, tirst, in providing a means for effecting a thorough andequal instantaneous distribution ot'the preservingiluid orsubstanceemployed; secondly, in the construction of a tray or rack for securelysupporting the articles under process of preservation, and retailiingthem in the desired position against the contact of a displacing actioncaused by the sudden injection of the preserving-fluid into thereservoir; and, thirdly, in a cut-off cock or valve for opening andclosing the communication between the reservoir and air or suctionpumpin aquiek and positive manner. 'These ends Iaccomplish by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- A Figure lisa side elevation of my invention complete. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view ofthe same, showing its internal arrangement. Fig. 3 is aplan view thereof, and Fie. 4 is a detached plan view of a portion ot'my -improved tray or supporter.

TheletterA designates the supporting pieces orlegs employed forsustaining the body of my apparatus, to which they are suitably securedby bolts and nuts, or in any other convenient manner.

The letter B indicates the lower portion or section of the body orreservoir of my machine, and is constructed of cast metal. It ispreferably of circular form, and is hollowed out, after the manner of abowl. Atits upper edge I form an annular ledge or flange, B', somewhatbelow the extreme upper surface, which furnishes additional strengththereto, and pro- (No model.) o

jecting therefrom are lugs b, to which the supportinglegs above referredto are attached. Resting upon this lower section, B, and fitted thereto,is a similar section, (l, the ltottom edge whereof is provided with twoannular flanges, C and c, the one fitting within the. section B, and theothercarryingarubberorothersuitahte packingring, l), located in thechannel tin-med therein, the said packing-ring D being` interposedbetween the two sections and forming 6o an air-tightjoint. It will beobserved that the upper head on the lower section, B, is slightly'roundingin its cross-section, the objectof which is that the same maythe more readily take into and form acloserjoint u ith the packing-ringD.

At or near the center ot' the lower section, B, of my reservoir,issecured a stop-cock, F, which is used to open and close communicationbetween the reservoir B O and the tank or vessel containingthepreserving-fluid. This 7o cock is provided with an upper extension, F',whichprojects upwardlyinto the tet-.tion B a short distance, where it isprovided with a number of small apertures or pert'orations,j, thefunction of which latter will presently appear. Above thesepert'orationsfthe said extension F is screw-tht Vxaded and carries twonuts, G and G', the upper of which is closed, forming a cap or coveringfor the extension, thus preventing an upward discharge ot' the 8opreserving-fluid.

Interposed between the nuts G and G and on the' extension F is athindisk or circular plate, H, the diameter o1" which is regulatedaccording to that ofthe lower section ot' theres- 85 ervoir, itsperiphery extending near the inner wall of such section, forming betweenthe two surfaces a narrow annular way or space t'or the passage of thei'irescrving-tluid,the function of the said disk H beingto p1 event thepreserving- 9o tluid from forcing its way directly upward into thereservoir, (which, on account of its high speed, would displace anddamage the eggs,) and to spread the 'same in an even manner, allowing itto enter the egg-com partment only in a thin film or stream. Immediatelyabove this disk H is suitably supported a tray or rack,I, for containingthe eggs, which is formed ot' a convenientnumberot'concentricrings orbOODS, I, connected together by a series of smaller 10o rings, I,located in close succession between each concentric hoop. At the pointof contact between each of the smaller rings and the latter with theconcentric hoops I make a suitable connection by solder orotherwise.Atintervals around each ofthe smaller rings I attach thereto short pinsor posts i, inclining inwardly or toward each other as they extendupward, fortning rests or supports for the eggs, between which thelatter are held, and by which they are prevented from contact with therings inclosing them,thus allowing substantiallytheir whole externalsurface to be acted upon bythe preserving-fluid during the process ot'sealing.

Ata suitablepoint,preferably near the center ot' the section C ofthereservoir, I attach a twoway cock,J, the casing of which has twoprojections orextensions, J and K, tooneot' which, J', is secured ahoseorsuction-pipe, L, the other, K, forming a communication between thecork proper and the external ait'. On one. end of this cock I attachrigidly a pulley-wheel, M, having a peripheral groove in which is ttedand secured a spiral spring, N, the other extremity of which spring isconnected by means of an interposed link, O, to a post or hook,P, on oneside of the section C. To this pulley M is also secured a lever oractuating-arm, Q,by which the cock is put into communication with thereservoirand air-pump, and retained in that position until a vacuum hasbeen formed in the reservoir, when the said lever is freed and therecoil of the spiral spring partially rotates the pulley M, which actson the cock directly and instantly closes the communication thusestablished, and forms one between the air-pump attached to hose and theexternal air, the latter being the normal position of the cock. Near thesaid cock J is located on the section U a hand-cock, R, which isused foropenv ing up a communication between the reservoir and the external airfor the purpose of destroying` the vacuum which has been previouslyformed in the reservoir. At a suitable point on the said section C isalso attached a vacuum-gage, which is employed to indicate the momentwhen the vacuum has been formed in the reservoir B C.

The operation of my machine will be readily understood from thefollowing in connection with the foregoing: The section C being removed,tlle egg tray or rack is filled with eggs and the former then replaced.The cock J is then put in communication .with the reservoir and air-pumpattached to one end of the hose L, and the pump put in motion and keptin operation until the air is exhausted from the reservoir. Atthat'nioment, as indicated by the vacuum-gage, the lever Q is releasedand the recoil of the'spring N then acts on the pulley M, giving itapartial rotation, which instantly closes the communication last referredto. The lower cock is then opened and a charge of silicate of soda (orother preserving or sealing duid) is admitted through the perforationsin the pipe Ff, detlecting against the under side of the disk H, fromwhich it radiates, and then passes upwardly into the reservoir until itis again deflected by the coucavity of the section C, from whence itdescends in a spray-like form upon the eggs, completely coatingthem.This occupies but a moment of time. Then the handcock is opened and thevacuum destroyed,when the unconsumed sealing-fluid returns by itsgravity to its proper receptacle. The section C is then removed andthepreserved or sealed eggs are taken out.

- It will be observed that while the process of preserving is inprogress the air-pump and external air are in communication with eachother, owing to the normal position ofthe twoway cock, thus relievingthe exhaustion mechanism of the otherwise prolonged and continuedstrain.

In some instances I contemplate using a counterbalance-weightforoperating the pulley M instead ot' a spring, as above set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

forated injecting-pipe, a deilecting-disk, and

an egg-receptacle, substantially as specified.

2. In an apparatus for preserving or sealing eggs, the combination of adetlecting-disk and an egg rack or tray, the latter consisting of anumber of concentric rings or hoops, and a series of smaller ringslocated between the same, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereofI attix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 4th day ot' September, 1881.

KELLOGG H. LOOMIS. lL. s.|

Witnesses:

H. AUBREY TOULMIN, A. HARRY SEMMEs.

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